Public water system · WI6180281

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Priory the

At a glance

Priory the (PWSID WI6180281) is an active community water system in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 185 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

185

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDWI6180281

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served185

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program

City servedEau Claire

StateWisconsin

ZIP—

CountyEau Claire County

How does Priory the compare with other water systems in Eau Claire County?

By EPA's size categories, Priory the is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Eau Claire County has 111 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 834 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 92,606 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wisconsin, the 11,056 active systems average 469 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Priory the is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Wisconsin has 1,053 active community water systems, 9.5% of the state's 11,056 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 10,978 Wisconsin systems (99%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Priory the?

EPA lists Priory the as privately owned. The WI state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 90 of the 111 active systems in Eau Claire County (81%) are also privately owned.

Does Priory the have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2016 and January 2025. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2018-10-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2016-06-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Fluoridecode 1025	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Cadmiumcode 1015	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Mercurycode 1035	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Priory the: frequently asked questions

Who runs Priory the?

Priory the (PWSID WI6180281) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Priory the serve?

Priory the reports serving 185 people through 1 service connection in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

Where does Priory the get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Priory the have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Priory the's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Priory the's water quality report?

As a community water system, Priory the must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Eau Claire County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Eau Claire Waterworks	Eau Claire	70,587	Community	Groundwater
Altoona Waterworks	Eau Claire	9,627	Community	Groundwater
Augusta Waterworks	Eau Claire	1,450	Community	Groundwater
Fall Creek Waterworks	Eau Claire	1,269	Community	Groundwater
Hillcrest Estates MHP	Eau Claire	850	Community	Groundwater
Menards Old Mill Center	Eau Claire	730	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Priory the, PWSID WI6180281, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/priory-the-wi6180281 (data as of October 1, 2026).